Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20161215
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 13:15:12 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, December 15, 2016
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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R.Wyse            K.Hawkins             ECHELLE        16:30   00:05
N.Chanover        N.Chanover, J.Berdis  NAIC           00:08   06:00
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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JH01/R     17:08   00:10    0    0    0    0   2.0  5.0   0    0
NM01/O     00:10   06:50    0    0    0    0   0.0  6.7   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Clouds hovered just off to our west all night long.  Sometimes getting a little thicker, sometimes thinning.  We stayed open thru it all since there was no immenent sign of precipitation.
                    ------- FAILURE LOG -------
PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
    (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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            ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
Time  Instrument  Focus     Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt  FWHM
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 17:35 ecamera    851( -270) -59  47   7.8  8.2  8.5  8.0  7.9   ND4  1.10
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    50    18      8   246  (WSW)    359 mstly clr    none
     17:00    46    19     22   263    (W)    639 mstly clr    none
     18:00    46    17     20   239  (WSW)    554 mstly clr    none
     19:00    44    20     18   240  (WSW)    668 mstly clr    none
     20:00    43    19     17   255  (WSW)    628  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    44    17     27   266    (W)    443  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    44    17     22   262    (W)    392  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    44    17     21   251  (WSW)    456  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    43    15     24   249  (WSW)    441  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    41    15     25   249  (WSW)    737  ptly cldy   none
     02:00    42    13     23   262    (W)    421  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    41    13     30   266    (W)    417  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    40    14     25   258  (WSW)    419  ptly cldy   none
     05:00    39    12     24   272    (W)    364  ptly cldy   none
     06:00    39    13     25   262    (W)    265  ptly cldy   none
     Note: the wind was coming from the azimuth listed.
     The convention used is north=0 degrees, east=90 degrees.
     The dust count is particles > 1u per 0.1 cubic feet.
                          TELESCOPE STATUS
    Telescope drives operational. Current TCC version: 1.2.2
    Current TUI version: 2.6.0